The Peanuts Movie: A Blue Sky Production

Mmmmm yeah you hit the nail right on the head. And the friend I saw it with noticed a ton of HUGGING in this movie, though I personally didn't notice that much.

He was annoyed at the end of Schulz signing his signature though. While I know they probably had to include that for rights reasons, he said Schulz would never write a story like this. It was bright, calm, and supportive toward Charlie Brown right down to the will of God giving him a Deux Ex Machina wind to help him finally talking to his crush. The comic strip and specials (especially A Boy Named Charlie Brown) never had any sense of closure or even 100% happy endings. They were glim. I clearly enjoyed it more than he did.

Man people sure do like to forget that Valentine's Day special where Charlie Brown danced with "Heather".

And the fact that like three different girls had crushes on him.

Linus always supported him. Schroeder.

He won a ball game once. Hit a home run off the granddaughter of Roy Hobbs.

Bit a literal hole in the Kite-Eating Tree.

The last-ever football gag kept it ambiguous as to whether he'd kicked it, which as good as, really.

Lots of things went right for Charlie Brown. Cruel as Lucy and Violet and whoever were to him, his own depression and lack of self-confidence was always his own worst enemy.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

There's ONE legit thing I didn't like about the movie, and this actually stems from my beef with animated family films these days in general: there is not ever a moment in the movie where nothing moves. At least SOMETHING MUST be moving all the time! The pace is so quick, it takes 4 viewings to catch everything, which I suppose is exactly what they want you to do. There is no time to breathe.

How are we defining "moved" here? Or, hell, "nothing"? There are plenty of slow, quiet scenes in the film.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

I agree with Wack'd. Pretty much any of the school scenes could count as them sitting down and just listening

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Here's why we shouldn't expect a Peanuts Movie 2 anytime soon.

Meh, probably for the best.

WHAT? NO! I NEED MORE DAMMIT

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

Honestly, in a world where sequels are made all the time, it's good to see a one-purchase deal now and then, like old times.

THE ONE TIME I NEEDED A SEQUEL

AAAAAAUGH

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

It's better than them making an announcement for a sequel before the original movie has even hit the theaters.

I just saw the movie last night. I thought it was very good. :) It was nice to see Charlie Brown finally get a happy ending.

I like to keep my audience riveted.

I loved it.

Just saw the movie a few hours ago. Even as someone who has very little connection to the franchise it was worth the watch.

Is it really worth sitting through Scrat in space, though?

Well, it took longer than I would've liked, but I finally, finally saw The Peanuts Movie with my mom and sister.

...

I was literally smiling the entire movie.

And it's great to see Charlie Brown, probably one of the biggest underdogs out there, have a real, honest to goodness happy ending.

My mom even teared up a little at the end.

There's no doubt about it.

I said it out loud, I'm saying it here.

This is how you do an adaptation. This crew absolutely nailed it.

I was gonna see it with my friend because i knew she'd cry at the end, but schedules didn't work out. When she did see it, she told me she cried THREE times. Her other friends must've thought she's crazy.

I finally saw this recently.

And people ask what's so good about grief. While admittedly a lot more uplifting than what Schulz' own work would've been, this movie was not only wonderful and one of the better adaptations of a classic that I've ever seen, it sparked a full on Peanuts rewatching craze that led to me so far going through nearly all of the specials and movies, all of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show and a great deal (but still just a tiny tip of the iceberg) of the comics.

I adore this franchise. I can't believe I'd forgotten just how much...

I'm both disappointed and proud in equal share that Schulz' family is being very careful about future projects and is in no hurry to give out more movie rights. I don't trust Hollywood with the ability to make Peanuts movies at their leisure and commend the family for keeping tight control, but I do trust the people who made this movie to do so a bang-up job with a Peanuts movie series and really want to see it, so I don't know which way to lean.

Ah well. They do still make specials from time to time, so at least there's that.

edited 29th Aug '16 6:41:20 PM by KnownUnknown

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.

Do they? The last one was in 2011.

ME!? You want ME to be the director of your Christmas play?!

I still consider that "time to time." It's five years ago, but that one was four years after the previous ones, which were a few years after the ones before it, etc.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.

Yeah, but there were six in The Noughties, whereas there's only been one in The New '10s, not counting the movie. They really slowed down after Bill Melendez died.

And besides, there's still the overall effect of slowing over the decades. Back in The '60s there was one almost every year.

edited 31st Aug '16 12:36:13 AM by CamelCase

ME!? You want ME to be the director of your Christmas play?!

Necroing this thread for a heads-up:

The Peanuts Movie is coming to Disney+ on August 7th!

("Wait, Peanuts never had a Disney connection, did it?")

I don't think so, but the movie was from Blue Sky Studios...who's now owned by Disney.

("Oh yeah...")

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jun 29th 2020 at 4:21:41 AM

Yeah, I figured that was inevitable. Disney owns Blue Sky, so they own distribution rights for the movie now. They probably just didn't have it thus far because another service had dibs on it for a while.

Don't anyone hold their breath for a sequel, though.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.

It is best if it doesnt have one anyway.

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I'll tell you one: Schultz pitched Peanuts to Disney at least twice and was rejected both times.

Edited by Smasher on Jul 20th 2020 at 2:01:06 PM

Why did they reject it twice? :S

I like to keep my audience riveted.